Credit: The Associated Press

A Syrian refugee boy practices Taekwondo during training at Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Korean Taekwondo masters are also training adult refugees to give classes themselves to the children, who make up a majority of the camp, home to 120,000 Syrians who fled the military onslaught of President Bashar Assad.

Credit: The Associated Press

A Syrian refugee boy looks at his Korean Taekwondo instructor at Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Koreans are also training adult refugees to give classes themselves to the children, who make up a majority of the camp, home to 120,000 Syrians who fled the military onslaught of President Bashar Assad.

Credit: The Associated Press

Syrian refugee children look at Korean and Syrian Taekwondo instructors during training at Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. Koreans are also training adult refugees to give classes themselves to the children, who make up a majority of the camp, home to 120,000 Syrians who fled the military onslaught of President Bashar Assad.

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ZAATARI, Jordan — The Syrian refugee children stand straight in a row, then — when the Korean trainers bark out instructions — they break into martial arts kicks in the air, smiling with delight.

Taekwondo has come to the world's second largest refugee camp, and a team of Koreans says their training is doing more than just teaching some fancy moves, it is instilling discipline and self-respect in kids traumatized by their country's civil war.